The true northerner., 1887-09-28
MICHIGAN AFFAIRS.


-owosso is to have . nov dy-goods and
grocery store.
st. Louis wants a first class svaporAtos.
Bonus, of course.
The agricultural college had five jap
anese students last year.
Burglars have been doing mp Eureka
in very complete manner.
There are now 333 licensed dogs at
Lansing. The pound is empty.
Indians are visiting Manistique from
the adjacent islands to get supplies for the
winter.
The fremen's tournament at Bay City
October 4, and will be largely attendvd.
Valuable prizes are offered.
"A fair resorter at Devils Lake tried4o
pare her feet down to summer size with
razor. She nearly amputated one OF them.
Several Kalamazooloos 60 away from
home to have their dentistry done, when
there are plenty of competent artists at
home.
An epidemic has broken out among
the cattle in Cambridge, Lenawee County.
The Township Board of Health is investi-
eating the matter.
Prof. Kedzie, Of the Agricultural Col
lege, has made careful analysis of . sam
pie of fire clay taken from the Flushing
mines and pronounces it a first class article.
United States Circuit Judge Jackson,
of Tennessee, visited District Judge
Severens at the lattsrs home in Ka}rms-
ZOO, on his return from Grand Ray IDS to
Tennessee.
William Walter Phelps, the New Jer-
sey Congressman, has brought suit against
the Michigan Central Railway. in the
Wayne Circuit Court, for cutting $1,000
worth Of timber from his lands in this
State.
Julian F. Mills, Of Saranac, Yas ar
rested for drunkenness, and his sweetheart
heard of it and broke the engagement.
Julian says he wasn't drunk, and he has
sued the town for $50, 600 damages for the
lost affection Of the girl.
James Dolan and companion, sup
posed to be William Banks of Wyandotte,
went to sleep on the Lake Shore tracks
near Detroit, and were run over by
freight train. Dolsn was instantly killed.
Banks was taken to the hospital, where he
died shortly afterward.
Richard L. Gordon, a well-to- do
farmer living five miles southwest Of
Belleville, was shocked by a lightning
stroke last week. His lower limbs are
paralyzed and his head is twice its usual
size. The hands are puffed up to FIVE
times their usual thickness.
"A Lenawee County school ma am, who
recently had some photographs taken in
Adrian, wrote back to the artist that the
pictures did not please her for just one
reason-the nose was wanting in express
sion. The heartless photographer sug.
gests that she may want it painted red.
-Homesteaders are rushing into tbs
wilderness near Baraga at rapid rate to
take up pine and farming lands recently
taken away from railroad company by
ruling of the Interior Department.. The
lands comprise 25S, 600 acres of unsolicited
and unimproved mineral pine, hardwood,
and farming lands.
AT the meeting Of the Board of Trus-
tees Of the Alma College it was decided to
build fre-proof library hall. As
starter N. B. Bradley, of Bay City, gave
$500 as the foundation of q library fund.
A section of tho building will be erected al
orce large enough for immediate use, and
completion will be made as fast as required.
jackson is sometimes spoken of by the
State press as "hard town" morally.
Sometimes an entire week passes with no
arrests for crimes more serious than drunk
enness. This orderly state of affairs is
due in a great degree to the efficiency Of
Jackson's police force, and gives the lie
direct to the statement that the Central
City is any tougher" than any community
of like size in the State.
The $4,000 raft belonging to the
McGraws, which was swept ashore on
Whitefsh Point during q recent heavy
gale, is said to present q novel appearance.
The raft contained 1000, 900 feet of logs
and they are piled upon the beach in o
great mountain of solid pine, the over
wholming force of the sea drivinGVkem
upon each other until it reared the logs
into giant heap that looks like nothing so
much as the aggregated debris~of o
cyclone.
Arthur Mosher relates q curious incl
dent in connection with the loss Of . leg
by Will Loomis. After the amputation the
severed limb was buried; but the sufferer
complained that the toes of the injured
leg we're crsmped and caused him much
pain. To crafty Mr.. Loomis, on the day
following. the member was dug mp. and ON
examination found to be exactly as de-
scribed. The toes were Strengthened out
and the whole again buried, since whom
there has not been any trouble. This 10
one more Of those remarkable instances Of
sympathy created BY amputation. kMr.
Loomis is rapidly recovering strena is1.ud